Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems, 10th edition

Published by Pearson (October 19, 2019) © 2020
  • Sharon R. Vaughn
  • Candace S. Bos

Title overview

For courses in teaching special education.

Methods for working effectively with students who have learning and behavior problems

Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems prepares teachers to meet elementary and secondary students' needs in a variety of settings. The text builds a foundation with information about general approaches to learning and teaching, then turns to specific content areas such as reading, math, oral and written expression, and social and study skills.

The 10th Edition continues to include fresh ideas and information. It's updated throughout to reflect the latest research on RTI and MTSS, classroom management and more.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Apply the Concept features provide guidelines and suggestions to better prepare teachers to organize classroom instruction.
  • Evidence-Based Practice sections explicitly outline classroom applications for implementing large-scale strategies for teaching students with special needs.
  • Instructional Activities provide a bank of step-by-step, classroom-ready activities.

New and updated features of this title

  • UPDATED: The multi-tiered system of support is now covered in the response to intervention (RTI) section. Classroom management and positive behavior support is more of a focus, both in the target chapters and throughout the book.
  • UPDATED: All academic areas now emphasize higher-level thinking, including reading comprehension and complex texts, as well as problem solving, fractions and algebra.
  • UPDATED: Key research and practice opportunities are included throughout the text.
  • UPDATED: Strategies infused throughout the text reflect the latest knowledge and research.
  • UPDATED: Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are emphasized and integrated throughout the text.
  • UPDATED: Web Resources highlight websites, software and other technologies that assist with instruction and student learning.

Key features

Features of MyLab Education for the 10th Edition

  • Embedded videos in each chapter provide illustrations of special education principles or concepts in action. The videos show students, teachers, and families working in classrooms and/or providing their perspectives about real life situations.
  • Self-check quizzes in each chapter help assess how well learners have mastered the content. The self-checks are made up of self-grading multiple-choice items that provide feedback on whether questions are answered correctly or incorrectly, as well as rationales for both correct and incorrect answers.
  • Application Exercises challenge students to apply what they have learned. The questions in these exercises are usually constructed-response. Once learners provide their own answers to the questions, they receive feedback in the form of model answers written by experts.
  • IRIS Center Resource links provide readers access to The IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University, founded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), which develops training enhancements material for pre-service and in-service teachers. The Center works with experts from across the country to create challenge-based interactive modules, case study units, and podcasts that provide research-validated information about working with students in inclusive settings.

Table of contents

Brief Contents

PART I: UNDERSTANDING AND PLANNING INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

  1. Monitoring and Teaching for Understanding
  2. Approaches to Learning and Teaching
  3. Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered System of Supports
  4. Managing Behavior and Promoting Social-Emotional Learning
  5. Co-teaching, Collaborating, and Differentiating Instruction: Working with Professionals and Families

PART II: INSTRUCTING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

  1. Assessing and Teaching Oral Language
  2. Assessing and Teaching Reading: Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Word Recognition
  3. Assessing and Teaching Reading: Fluency and Comprehension
  4. Assessing and Teaching Writing and Spelling
  5. Assessing and Teaching Content-Area Learning and Vocabulary
  6. Assessing and Teaching Mathematics

Author bios

About our author

Sharon Vaughn (Ph.D., University of Arizona) holds the H. E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Development and is the Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas. She is a recipient of the CEC Research Award and the AERA Special Education SIG distinguished researcher award. She was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Learning Disabilities and the coeditor of Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. Dr. Vaughn is the author of numerous books and research articles that address the reading and social outcomes of students with learning difficulties, including Teaching Students Who Are Exceptional, Diverse, and At Risk in the General Education Classroom with Jeanne Schumm and Candace Bos (5th ed., Allyn & Bacon). Currently, she is the principal or coprincipal investigator on several Institute for Education Science, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and Office of Special Education Programs research grants investigating effective interventions for students with learning disabilities and behavior problems as well as students who are English language learners.

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